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June 26, 2007

May 2007 - The film shows the band recording their songs in Freetown's "Island Studios." We brought those original tracks home with us, and after our musical director Chris Velan mixed and produced them, we put out an eight-song album...

Critical Acclaim

The story they tell, and tell well, is how the All Stars' songs ... first raise their own spirits, then those of their neighbors, then ... other camps too. The story told here is simple, and ultimately triumphant."

– Daniel M. Gold, The New York Times

It's as easy to fall in love with these guys as it was with the Buena Vista Social Club."

– Vanessa JuarezNewsweek

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